Gottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list. He fled first to Zürich and later to London. He returned to Germany after the 1862 amnesty granted to the revolutionaries.
Semper in 1870
Monument to Gottfried Semper on Brühl's Terrace next to Albertinum
Dresden, Interior of the first Hoftheater (Semper Oper)
Gottfried Semper
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden. It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Theaterplatz near the Elbe River in the historic centre of Dresden, Germany.
The Semperoper in 2013
Interior of the first opera house in 1841
The first opera house, around 1850
The Semperoper in July 1945.